To the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals 3 May 1875
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.
May 3 1875
Sir
I beg leave to acknowledge the receipt of your circular of Ap. 30.1
I am sorry to say that the state of my health renders it impossible for me to attend the meeting on May 5th.2 I regret this, as I am very anxious that some legislative measure should be passed, serving to protect animals from needless suffering, & at the same time not interfering with the progress of the science of Physiology, which I am convinced, from the analogy of all other sciences, will ultimately confer the highest benefits on mankind—3
I remain | Sir | your obedient servant | Charles Darwin.
Footnotes
Summary
Regrets he cannot attend proposed meeting [on vivisection]. Hopes legislation may be passed limiting vivisection while not interfering with the progress of physiology.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-9959
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles (dealers) (November 2011)
- Physical description
- LS 2pp & ADraft 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 9959,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-9959.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 23
